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Polish vs Japanese


Japanese vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Poland  
Japan  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Palau  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
dobranoc  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
proszę  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
do widzenia  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Polski  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Not Available  

French Name
polonais  
japonais  

German Name
Polnisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1270  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Japanese  

Language Position
24  
20
8  
8

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
pol  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
pols  
Not Available  

Glottocode
poli1260  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Polish and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Japanese language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Polish and Japanese Language History.

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Polish and Japanese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Polish and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Japanese language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Japanese Difficulty

The Polish vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Japanese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Polish and Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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